Lessli Hernandez-Gomez looked down at her patient, carefully planning her next move. The mission? To draw the patient’s blood. Perfection equals finding a vein in a single stick. “She’s stuck me a ...

On March 20, 2024, the Leadership Tampa Class of 2024 was fortunate enough to meet with local leaders related to every resident’s favorite topic: Transportation! Routinely referred to as one of the major challenges facing our area, to go along ...

By Jamie Whitehurst, Class Member of LT '24 and Director of Development of Dawning Family Services. The Leadership Tampa Class of 2024 enjoyed a day of learning and great conversations during our Government & Economic Development Day. The ...

On March 6, 2024, The Leadership Tampa Class of 2024 experienced a program day around Agriculture and Sustainability. The day started out with a trip to Fancy Farms Market in Lakeland to hear from members of the Grooms family who have owned Fancy ...

Tampa, FL – Recruitment has officially begun for the 54th class of Leadership Tampa. This morning, the nation’s third oldest leadership program of its kind went live with online interest form. The Tampa Bay Chamber will host 4 ...

The 6th and 927th Air Refueling Wing As a part of the best class ever of Leadership Tampa, we recently had the incredible opportunity to delve into the world of the military during a special Military Day event at MacDill Air Force Base. The day was ...

Members of the Tampa Bay Chamber’s Leadership Tampa Class of 2023 delivered hundreds of children’s books to the Tampa Police Department's District 3 Headquarters in East Tampa, making good on their class promise to the non-profit ...

When I first volunteered to write a post for one of our program days, I figured I would write about something I did not know too much about, so that I would not have any sort of preconceived notions coming into my writing. My assumption was that we ...

“This work is a calling to serve our community.” These words from Deputy Chief Calvin Johnson showcase the passion and care that our first responders give to our community every day. On Wednesday, November 29th, Leadership Tampa class of ...

LT’24 class members navigated the dark Florida Aquarium parking lot in the early hours of a mid-October morning to make their way to their bus. Seatmates were randomly assigned via a deck of playing cards. The bus embarked on its trip, ...

To introduce this day in the words of Chloe Coney, CEO of Community Enterprise Group, LLC., and program guest speaker, “You can’t just stay in the office to make an impact – you have to get out in your community to make a ...

This #LTAFamous visit with our most recent nominee, Kareem Spratling, was solo with Laura at Little Tina Cantina. (Amanda was attending a conference for MOW). Kareem and I connected like we’ve been friends for years…and we just met ...

Tampa, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Chamber is proud to announce the members of Leadership Tampa Class of 2024. Among the most diverse classes in LT’s 53-year history, this group of 51 professionals was selected from LT applicants across the ...

Closing out our amazing series of program days, LT ‘23 visited a few of the amazing locations in Tampa that delight both visitors and locals alike as a part of Tourism Day. Florida boasts over 138 million visitors annually according to Visit ...

On April 5th, 2023, LT’23 (aka BEST CLASS EVER), had an opportunity to visit some of the institutions that truly house the best classes ever. It was a day that started with education at the college level and beyond and ended with our most ...

Tampa, Fla. – Now through May 8th, the Tampa Bay Chamber is accepting applications for Leadership Tampa, Class of 2024. The legacy program, exclusive to the Chamber, has the distinction of being among the three oldest leadership programs in ...

On February 8, the Leadership Tampa Class of 2023 (LT’23) had the opportunity to spend the day learning about local government and economic development in the Tampa Bay area. LT’23 was provided a thoughtfully prepared “Primer for ...

February 22, 2023 - Leadership Tampa Class of 2023 (best…class… EVER) kicked off their Transportation Day at the world famous Tampa International Airport on Wednesday February 22nd. The Airport proved to be a fantastic host, as we were ...

We started Health Care Day at St. Joseph’s Hospital North (BayCare Health System) to hear presentations on mental health. The President and CEO of Tampa Bay Thrives, Carrie Zeisse, presented on the unique model of her organization that pulls ...

By the numbers, MacDill Air Force Base (AFB) funds a multibillion-dollar industry for Tampa Bay all within its own borders. There is a total of 7,608 military personnel on Base plus another 8,147 civilian officers. Collectively, MacDill AFB brings ...

On November 30, LT ’23 (aka BCE) participated in First Responders Day. We started the day with a presentation by Chief Barbara Tripp of Tampa Fire Rescue and Major Richard Mills of the Tampa Police Department (TPD). Chief Tripp detailed the ...

The Leadership Tampa 2023 class enjoyed a fantastic Arts & Culture Day on November 9. The chair of the day was Jill Witecki, Vice President and Director of Marketing & Community Relations at Tampa Theatre (LT 2014). Jill put together an ...

“No one needs to tell me about the importance of the free press in a democratic society or about the essential role a newspaper can play in its community.” Robert Kennedy There is little doubt that the news media plays an integral role ...

On September 29th we had Art and Culture Day for Leadership Tampa Class of 2022, chaired by the incredible Jill Witecki, Director of Marketing & Community Relations at the Tampa Theatre, who had us running all around Tampa to see all that we ...

Tampa Firefighters Museum We started our day at the museum, filled with a treasure trove of historic mementos, photos and equipment – bringing out the kid in everyone – what a great place to host a party, whether a wedding reception or ...

Written by Cameron O’Connell, ZooTampa The Leadership Tampa Class of 2021 had the distinct pleasure of experiencing Champa Bay in-depth via a tremendous agenda organized by Travis Pelleymounter & Sheri Anderson (Vinik Sports Group),with ...

Leadership Tampa’s 50th class spent a golden day exploring arts and culture in the region. The theme of the day was small to large; illustrating how individuals and small businesses can lead to a big community impact. Each stop was a poignant ...

The trip started in Tampa. Eager as they could be at 6:30 in the morning, the nearly 50-member class of leaders boarded the bus headed to Tallahassee. Ahead of them was a full, two-day agenda with business leaders, lobbyists and elected officials. ...

The Leadership Tampa 2020 class recently embarked on the Government & Economic Development program day, and the agenda did not disappoint! The day was spearheaded by Program Day Chairs Bemetra Simmons (LT ’13), Managing Director, Florida ...

Kris Knox, LT'20 Military Day for the LT class of 2020 will be one of the highlights of the year. The day was full of acronyms, astonishing statistics, state of the art technology and most of all, the amazing men and women of our armed forces. We ...